This series starts to take a series drop off at this point. Fate must now contest against Evil to save those she used to know, even though she is now an Immortal. Unfortunately, with Time, Death and Fate all mixed in with this, it starts to feel a little implausible that they can't fix the situation. Still an interesting concept, but by this book it was starting to reach where the concept alone couldn't carry the books. ( )

I am a big fan of Piers Anthony, so this review is probably a little biased. I enjoyed the book, still not as great as the first one. Nor the second one. I fear the series is falling. I have recently purchased the 4th and 5th books and am going to finish the series. I just hope it picks up. The character foreshadowing in this book is obvious and many of the plot twists are predictable. ( )

This is the last fun book in the Incarnations of Immortality series. I loved the interaction between the various aspects of fate and the different perspectives the main character gets from playing more than one role. ( )

Perhaps a marginal improvement over Bearing an Hourglass, but not enough to raise the rating. ( )

Plot: A repeat performance from the previous two books in the series. Character gets mixed up in supernatural business, gets a position as an Incarnation, evil tricks her, she tricks evil, it goes back and forth a bit, and in the end all is relatively well. No surprises here.

Characters: The wasted potential is almost painful to watch. Two-dimensional and boring, no development, no credibility.

Style: Chauvinism thick enough to cut with a knife. Boring prose and occasionally very strange logic.

Plus: It prompts some interesting thoughts, though the book itself never follows them up.

Minus: There's an overall oddness about it and it never feels like a good read.

Summary: Sorry, but no. The series jumped the shark here. ( )